What is the best way to detect page in Internet Explorer was unable to Load

[sumit]

I load a page in internet Explorer. Sometimes it doesnt load , now I want to detect when this has happened. I tried to use if winexists("Cannot find server") but this doesnt always work because sometimes title fo the IE window is "No page to Display" sometimes "Error" it always changes on different computers.

So please help me . Code would be appreciated.

[someone]

Check out _IELoadWait(). It will allow you to check if a page is loaded. Other then that, since the timeout error can change on different computers, you can test an element on the page to see if it exists. For instance do an _IEFormElementGetObjByName() on a known form element and if it errors its more then likely because the page hasn't loaded yet.

[sumit]

Check out _IELoadWait(). It will allow you to check if a page is loaded. Other then that, since the timeout error can change on different computers, you can test an element on the page to see if it exists. For instance do an _IEFormElementGetObjByName() on a known form element and if it errors its more then likely because the page hasn't loaded yet.

Here is my code.

$oIE = _IECreate ("http://mptadsl.net.mm/WGarden/Popup.php", 0, 0, 1, 0)
_IELoadWait($oIE)
If WinExists("Cannot")  Then
_IEQuit($oIE)
$var = Ping("172.24.0.3",1000)
If $var Then
MsgBox(48, "Unable to Connect to Server", "Please Check the Proxy Settings in Internet Explorer")
Exit

Now what i mean is how do i detect that after loading a blank page has come . i think i cant use _IEFormElementGetObjByName() for a blank page.

Please suggest . code would be appreciated.

Thanks

Edited July 16, 2007 by sumit

[sumit]

Cmmon guys there's got a be a way. Its really important for me.

[Siao]

If you're using _IELoadWait function, might as well check it's return, no?

[GMK]

Here's one possible way:

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate("http://mptadsl.net.mm/WGarden/Popup.php", 0, 0, 1, 0)
$sHTML = _IEBodyReadHTML($oIE)
If StringInStr($sHTML, "cannot") Then
   _IEQuit($oIE)
   Ping("172.24.0.3", 1000)
   If @error Then
      MsgBox(48, "Unable to Connect to Server", "Please Check the Proxy Settings in Internet Explorer")
      Exit
   EndIf
EndIf

[someone]

Few things to try/make not of...

In using IELoadWait, put a delay such as _IELoadWait ($oIE, 100).

What does the loaded page have in it? Check for one element the loaded page should have, and if that element doesn't exsist it more then likely means the page isn't loaded. I've done that in some of my scripts and it works well.

Also read up on the documentation in IELoadWait, there are reasons why the code won't work in all cases, most of which I don't understand by Dale gives a few suggestions for when IELoadWait can't be used.

Hopefully this helps...

[DaleHohm]

Here's one possible way:

#include <IE.au3>
$oIE = _IECreate("http://mptadsl.net.mm/WGarden/Popup.php", 0, 0, 1, 0)
$sHTML = _IEBodyReadHTML($oIE)
If StringInStr($sHTML, "cannot") Then
   _IEQuit($oIE)
   Ping("172.24.0.3", 1000)
   If @error Then
      MsgBox(48, "Unable to Connect to Server", "Please Check the Proxy Settings in Internet Explorer")
      Exit
   EndIf
EndIf

This is the approach I would suggest.

Regarding the _IELoadWait not always working... it will do what it is supposed to do, but not always what you want it to do. If there is a client-side redirect of a page for example, _IELoadWait returns when the initial page load is done, but has no way to know that a new page is immediately being navigated to.

Also, the return values of _IELoadWait are likely not going to help you much, because loading a good page or an error page are all the same to it.

There are also ways to get the server response code (the 404 error for example), but it is harder to implement, so try this method first.

Dale